Abstract

Bob Nakagawa has left his position as Assistant Deputy Minister (ADM) of the Pharmaceutical Services division of the BC Ministry of Health to become Registrar of the College of Pharmacists of BC. A former president of both the College and the Canadian Society of Hospital Pharmacists, Mr. Nakagawa has held numerous posts in hospitals and government for the past 3 decades. He is recognized as an expert in public drug plan management and has provided advice in this area to provincial, federal and international governments. Mr. Nakagawa has chaired the Drug Benefits Committee for BC Pharmacare and the Federal Pharmacy and Therapeutics Committee for Canada. He has a pharmacy degree from the University of British Columbia and a residency in hospital pharmacy from Vancouver's St. Paul's Hospital. Mr. Nakagawa joined the College in early April — replacing interim Registrar Suzanne Solven. Ms. Solven, Deputy Registrar, stepped into the role in September 2011, when Marshall Moleschi left to become Registrar at the Ontario College of Pharmacists.

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